大理

Chinese

		big great greater	order orderer(s)
simp. and trad. (大理)		大	理
anagram		理大

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dàlǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ lei⁵
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): Tāi-lí

(Teochew, Peng'im): dai⁶ li²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dàlǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dàlǐ
  - Wade–Giles: ta⁴-li³
  - Yale: dà-lǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahlii
  - Palladius: дали (dali)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: daai⁶ lei⁵
  - Yale: daaih léih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ lei⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ léi⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² lei̯¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tāi-lí
  - Tâi-lô: Tāi-lí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: daixlie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tai²²⁻²¹ li⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tai⁴¹⁻²² li⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tai²²⁻²¹ li⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tai³³⁻¹¹ li⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tai³³⁻²¹ li⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: dai⁶ li²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tăi lí
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tai³⁵⁻¹¹ li⁵²/

Proper noun

大理

(～白族自治州, ～州) Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture (an autonomous prefecture of Yunnan, China)
(～市) Dali (a county-level city of Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan, China)
(～鎮, ～古城) Dali (a town in Dali City, Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan, China, also known as Dali Old Town)
(～國) (historical) Dali Kingdom (a medieval state controlled from the old town)
(～府) (historical) Dali Prefecture (a prefecture controlled by the old town under imperial China)

Synonyms

(old town as capital of an independent kingdom): 首府 (shǒufǔ)
(kingdom): 大中國／大中国 (under Gao Shengtai); 後大理／后大理, 後理國／后理国 (after 1096)

Derived terms

大理石 (dàlǐshí)
大理花 (dàlǐhuā)

Noun

大理

(historical) A minister of medieval China who headed most of the imperial judicial system.

Synonyms

司寇 (sīkòu) (Zhou), 廷尉 (tíngwèi) (Han), 刑部尚書／刑部尚书 (Ming)

Hyponyms

九卿 (Jiǔqīng)

Coordinate terms

刑部 (Xíngbù)

Derived terms

大理寺
大理寺卿
大理院 (dàlǐyuàn)